Jessie asks: What do you think the biggest food trend of 2012 will be?

I think more and more people are going to realize the economic and nutritional benefits of gardening. Then this interest will expand into larger gardens and perhaps homestead critters such as bees, chickens, goats and fish in ponds.

Forget dairy kefir, seems everyone is lactose intollerant because humans aren't designed to drink another animal's [breast] milk meant for that's animal's babies. Get one of the dairy-free kefirs or make your own-cheap and easy. Grains and instruction available online.

The other nut butters are excellant but the raw versions are much more nutritional and more easily digested.

Oats contain gluten.

— Anonymous

01/15/2012 - 12:14am

Agave (sugar) and wheat products are not good for human health yet so called "experts" are still dishing out this bad advice. when will the bad food advice end ?

— Anonymous

01/14/2012 - 10:36pm

Would like to see more in-depth exploration of agave nectar. Have seen several articles that indicate it is NOT healthy at all - in fact, is actually worse than high fructose corn syrup because it is not natural, and is highly processed.

— Anonymous

01/13/2012 - 4:14pm

Agave Syrup is a "healthy trend"? How is that? It's made in a similar way to high fructose corn syrup, and its sweetener is an an unbound molecular structure, meaning it will make you fatter than real sugar and possibly cause tissue damage and/or diabetes. For that recommendation alone, this article is ridiculous and misleading.

— Anonymous

01/13/2012 - 2:04pm

Kimichi

— Anonymous

12/28/2011 - 8:57pm

I love Flax. My favorite Flax is FitFlax which is a golden roasted flax and chia blend that is low carb and low cal. It does not need to be ground and tastes crunchy and nutty. It def helps with weight loss and it tastes delicious in Greek yogurt.

— Anonymous

12/23/2011 - 11:40am

One little comment--The agave that you can get in the store today is incredible processed. It's not as natural as we all think.